Chapter 259: Join Hands with Me

Xie Yan pulled Yuan Yao and headed toward the city gate.

At the same time, an unprecedented terrifying pressure suddenly swept over, engulfing the entire Bind Peace City; all demons in the city were immobilized, as if time had frozen.

Yuan Yao found her whole body stiffened, as if something terrifying had locked onto her, giving her a creepy feeling.

Xie Yan's figure also stiffened.

Bind Peace City fell into an eerie silence, and in the next moment, a pair of invisible giant hands descended from the sky, grabbing toward Xie Yan and Yuan Yao.

Yuan Yao felt a strong sense of danger, she exerted all her strength to try to break free from the pressure's binding, but to no avail.

And just as the invisible giant hands were about to seize them—

Xie Yan suddenly moved; he bent over, directly scooped Yuan Yao up in a horizontal embrace, then evaded the force of the invisible giant hands and swiftly darted toward the city gate.

The master of the invisible giant hands obviously hadn't expected Xie Yan to break free from his pressure's binding; he immediately struck back with a palm aimed at Xie Yan's back.

Boom—

One palm blasted out!

Only see that half of Bind Peace City, under its mountain‑overturning, sea‑overturning blast, turned into a ruin.

But the white‑clad youth held the fox demon girl, standing steady as Mount Tai upon the ruins, seemingly unharmed.

And Yuan Yao, having freed herself from the pressure's binding, lifted her head to look at the youth, only to see specks of fresh blood trickling from the corner of his mouth.

"Hold on tight." Xie Yan said lightly.

Yuan Yao pondered for two seconds, then immediately reached out and wrapped her arms around his neck.

Xie Yan's body stiffened slightly, then he darted forward at his utmost speed.

So fast that Yuan Yao could not make out the scenery ahead; she only felt the wind howling, accompanied by occasional whiffs of danger.

Xie Yan managed to dodge the invisible giant hands' attacks each time.

Unknown how long they had fled.

Yuan Yao gradually sensed Xie Yan's speed slowing, his face turning as pale as paper.

The two hid in a town that had become ruins.

He said, "It's safe."

Upon hearing that, Yuan Yao loosened her grip around his neck, struggled slightly, and then slipped from his embrace.

She stepped back two paces, bowed to Xie Yan, and solemnly said, "Thank you, Fellow Daoist Xie, for your assistance."

The youth's face was deathly pale; he pressed his lips together and gave a slight nod.

"Just returning the courtesy."

He was referring to when he previously fought the White Wolf Emperor, fell ill, and she fed him an eighth‑grade life‑preserving pill.

Upon hearing this, Yuan Yao froze for a moment, then after realizing, she also nodded.

For a moment, both fell into silence.

Yuan Yao didn't know what to say to him, nor did she want to say more.

She lifted her gaze to him, calmly said, "Fellow Daoist Xie, I still have an unfinished mission; I must hurry to the next location. If there is nothing else, I will take my leave first."

Upon hearing that, Xie Yan lowered his eyelashes; that bewitchingly beautiful visage, like a demon's, now seemed to gain a hint of fragility and coldness, and he pressed his lips together.

"Alright."

His voice was hoarse.

Yuan Yao gave him a slight nod, then turned; just as she was about to lift her foot to leave, she heard a heavy object falling behind her.

She quickly turned her head to look, only to see the youth already collapsed on the ground.

Yuan Yao's face showed slight alarm; she crouched down and called, "Fellow Daoist Xie!"

She immediately reached out to check his breath.

Breathing still present.

She pondered for a second, then reached to feel his pulse, but found it alternating weak and strong, not normal.

Yuan Yao tried calling his name several times, but he showed no sign of waking.

She had no choice but to first help him up and place him in a somewhat sheltered ruined house.

Afterwards, she took out a Healing Wound Pill and fed it to him.

At that moment, Yuan Yao suddenly felt a sharp pain; lowering her gaze, she saw that the shoulder wound that had previously stopped bleeding had split open again, bright red blood gushing forth like a spring.

She couldn't help but frown.

Because this wound was a penetrating injury, not only did the front opening need treatment, but the rear penetrated part also required care. In other words, she had to pull down her shoulder clothing to thoroughly clean and bandage both openings.

Yuan Yao hesitated a moment, then tore a strip from the hem of her clothing and tightly bound it over Xie Yan's eyes, so that he wouldn't see her disheveled state upon waking.

After finishing all this, she lightly flicked her fingers, laying an opaque barrier around herself.

Subsequently, she turned her back to Xie Yan and gently pulled down the clothing at her shoulder.

Her snow‑white, delicate shoulder showed torn flesh and flowing blood, looking extremely shocking.

She gritted her teeth, cleaning the wound, applying medicine, and bandaging it.

During this time, the youth's eyes, bound by the cloth strip, seemed to twitch slightly.

Half an hour later.

Yuan Yao had treated all the wounds on her body.

Afterwards, she dispelled the barrier, approached Xie Yan, and reached out to remove the cloth binding his eyes.

At this moment, Xie Yan's eyes were closed, and his originally blood‑less lips gradually turned pink.

He seemed considerably better.

"Fellow Daoist Xie?"

"Fellow Daoist Xie..."

Yuan Yao called out twice more, but seeing no sign of him waking, she had no choice but to stay there for now, waiting for him to wake up.

She first rose to her feet, gently pushed open the dilapidated window, observed the condition of this ruined town for a moment, and upon finding nothing amiss, she then closed the window.

Yuan Yao glanced at Xie Yan, then instinctively put some distance between them.

She went to the corner opposite where Xie Yan was, sat cross-legged, and began to sort out and circulate the spiritual power within her body.

She discovered that her golden core was nearly formed!

Just a little bit more!

Yuan Yao was overjoyed!

She immediately entered cultivation with great enthusiasm.

Not long after she entered cultivation, the youth sitting opposite her twitched his eyelashes, slightly lifted his eyelids, and his deep black eyes were like an abyss.

His gaze swept over her current appearance, as well as the pair of fluffy fox ears standing upright on her head.

The next instant, he suddenly met a pair of bright, beautiful eyes.

Their eyes met, and Xie Yan felt a flicker of guilt in his heart.

"Fellow Daoist Xie, you're awake," Yuan Yao said with a smiling face.

Xie Yan gave a soft 'hum'.

Yuan Yao immediately rose to her feet and said with a smile, "It's great that you're all right."

Xie Yan could tell her smile was fake, not coming from her heart at all.

He also stood up.

The youth was extremely tall, a head taller than Yuan Yao.

He said, "Fellow Daoist Yuan, how about we form an alliance?"

Yuan Yao didn't understand what he meant; clearly they had agreed before that they would pretend not to know each other, yet he now wanted to ally with her?

"Only by cooperating can we both win. You, as a fox demon, slew the demon clan's great prince Quan Wu; I, as a human, will then join forces with you to slay the various leaders of the demon clan. In this way, even if the demon clan does not retreat, they will have to."

To capture the bandits, capture their leader first.

If the demon clan lacks a commander to lead its troops, and moreover appears to have been betrayed by the monster clan, how could they have confidence to invade the cultivation world?